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  •  Abstract painting of textured swathes of dark purple, orange and green paint harshly placed against and blending into a light pink and blue washy background.
  • Abstract painting of textured swathes of dark purple, orange and green paint harshly placed against and blending into a light pink and blue washy background.
  • Abstract painting of textured swathes of dark purple, orange and green paint harshly placed against and blending into a light pink and blue washy background.
  • Abstract painting of textured swathes of dark purple, orange and green paint harshly placed against and blending into a light pink and blue washy background.
  • The whole back of the painting, against a white background. Within the frame are one vertical and two horizontal cross brace, intersecting in the center.
  • Abstract painting of textured swathes of dark purple, orange and green paint harshly placed against and blending into a light pink and blue washy background.

Joan Mitchell

Mooring
Now On View

Maker

Joan Mitchell (American, 1926-1992

Title

Mooring

Year

1971

Medium

  • Oil on canvas

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Oil on canvas

Materials

oil paint

Supports

  • canvas

Dimensions

241.3 x 180.3 cm (95 x 71 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

signed, l.r.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the Bayard and Harriet K. Ewing Collection

Object Number

1992.124

Type

  • Paintings

Exhibition History

The Moderns
Twentieth-Century Art from the Permanent Collection
Aug 06, 1993 – Mar 13, 1994

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Joan Mitchell (American, 1926-1992
b. in Chicago)
Mooring, 1971
Oil on canvas
241.3 x 180.3 cm (95 x 71 inches)
Gift of the Bayard and Harriet K. Ewing Collection 1992.124

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